Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1531: Charcoal Workshop

Speaking of his wife and children, Lord Ghost had a headache again.

If Lord Ying found out that the Young Marquis married an ugly woman, there would probably be a big fuss, and he wouldn’t stop until the ugly woman was divorced.

"Is it true about the Gu Family’s face and the smell on her body?" Lord Ghost asked Liu Erjing.

Liu Erjing replied, "Can that be fake? The Gu Family’s face already had issues when she was in He’an Prefecture; it was said to be common acne, just festering. But I also heard that a brother on her grandmother’s side had the same strange illness, and later recovered, but it left scars."

Gu Jinli, in order to put on a complete act, released two pieces of information, claiming that the fake issues on her face and body were inherited from the Fei family.

The Fei family members are all dead, and the Northwest had disasters. Even if someone wanted to investigate the truth in the Fei family’s hometown, it wouldn’t be possible.

"It’s inherited from her grandmother’s side?" Lord Ghost felt like dying.

Poor Young Marquis, what kind of misfortune is this?

When he was young, he used to say that Miss Zhou was ordinary, wondering why his elder brother was so attentive to her?

But Miss Zhou’s appearance was already considered top-notch in the Capital.

He even said that when he grew up, he would marry a fairy-like wife.

In the end, he didn’t marry a fairy-like wife but ended up with an extremely ugly one.

"Never mind the low birth, as several families are already in decline, not expecting to marry into some prestigious noble family, but at least find someone with decent looks?!" Lord Ghost was somewhat anxious and blurted out in frustration.

Lu Zi dared not respond, knowing the consequences of angering Lord Ghost.

Liu Erjing, not always interacting with Lord Ghost and somewhat careless, said, "Lord Ghost, don’t worry. I heard it can be cured. Even if it can’t be cured, once the lights are off, it’s all the same in the dark. As long as she can bear children, that’s fine."

Upon hearing this, Lord Ghost’s eyes filled with a chilling light, staring at Liu Erjing fiercely, causing him to shiver, "Lord Ghost, did I say something wrong?"

Liu Erjing asked seriously, while Lord Ghost was furious, suppressing his anger, "Get to work. Keep your mouth shut and don’t let a single word slip that shouldn’t!"

Liu Erjing stood upright, nodded seriously, and said, "Yes!"

After speaking, he dared not linger and immediately left.

Lord Ghost was still worried about the pustules on Gu Jinli’s face and immediately wrote a letter detailing Gu Jinli’s symptoms clearly, also inquiring whether these symptoms would be inherited by any children she might bear.

If they would be inherited, even if it meant the Young Marquis would bear the name of being ungrateful, this woman would be childless for life!

The Young Marquis’s children are legitimate heirs of the Qin family and must be healthy, without such strange illnesses.

After finishing, Lord Ghost sealed the letter and handed it to Lu Zi: "Send a message to Doctor Lu and ask him to find a way to cure Gu Family’s symptoms at all costs."

Judging by the Young Marquis’s situation, it seemed he wasn’t indifferent to the Gu Family... The Young Marquis is most prideful, and if he looked down upon her, no matter how wealthy the Gu Family was, or how much kindness they had shown him, he wouldn’t marry the Gu Family and treat her so well.

For the Young Marquis’s sake, let’s try to cure Gu Family’s illness.

Otherwise, the Young Marquis would have to spend his life living with an ugly woman, how distressing that would be.

"Yes." Lu Zi called an eagle once more to deliver the letter to Doctor Lu.

That night, Liu Erjing was incredibly busy. However, his role as the half-owner and thug of the Beauty Building meant that he lived by sleeping by day and being active at night, so his nighttime roaming wouldn’t arouse suspicion from the Rong People’s Witch Army.

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The next day, Elder Lv got up as usual, and after leisurely finishing breakfast, he slowly took a mule cart out of the city.

"Hey, where is Elder Lv heading today?" The soldiers guarding the gate recognized all the wealthy families within the city, warmly greeting Elder Lv upon seeing him.

Elder Lv fumbled in his sleeve, took out a tael of broken silver, and handed it to the soldier at the gate: "Hu Zi, you’re on duty today, huh? I’m heading to the livestock manor outside the city; the Yang Family charcoal workshop has ordered a batch of livestock from us, which must be delivered these two days."

He lowered his voice: "The Yang family likes to find faults after the transaction, so I must keep an eye on it personally to avoid them claiming my livestock are sick and forcing the price down. My livestock are raised on good feed and are definitely healthy!"

Hu Zi, pleased with the silver, agreed: "Indeed, the Yang Family can’t compare to your Lv Family’s efficiency. They’re particular when buying goods or hiring people, but being particular is good."

The Yang Family had a good relationship with Assistant Judge Lao, so the gate-guarding soldiers dared not speak ill of them.

"Hmph, Hu Zi, you all just spoil that Yang family. I’m off." Elder Lv dropped the cart curtain, telling the old driver to lead their old mule and left slowly.

The Rong People’s spy squatting by the city wall spat and thought to himself: The Lv family is indeed useless; they complain about being given business?

Old man, once we take Beicang Prefecture, your business will be ours, and so will your livestock healing skills!

The Lv family’s success in livestock trade was not solely due to having large fertile grassland but also because of their inherited skills in treating livestock diseases.

This skill is passed only to members of the Lv family, who handle complex livestock ailments in private rooms solely by themselves, ensuring that outsiders could never learn their craft.

The Rong People’s Witch Army bought livestock from the Lv family for this reason too; their livestock were healthier than those raised by other Great Chu people.

The Lv family’s livestock manor was very close to the Prefecture city; a mule cart ride of an hour would reach it.

After resting for half an hour, Elder Lv ordered his servants: "Move the mules destined for the Yang family to the big courtyard; I’ll check them personally to avoid the Yang family devaluing our healthy mules by calling them sick goods!"

The Lv family once got swindled this way, losing a few thousand taels of silver, leading to a greater decline.

Since then, whenever there was a large deal or a picky buyer, Elder Lv personally inspected the livestock to prevent further swindles.

"Sure." The manor servants, aware of the drill, moved ten mules to the big courtyard. After they left, Elder Lv began to work.

But this time, he wasn’t inspecting if the mules were sick, but rather making them sick.

Elder Lv worked until the afternoon, finally satisfied, and said, "The mules of my Old Lv family are truly excellent, all sturdy and free of defects. Send them to the stalls for good care; they’ll be shipped tomorrow."

"Indeed!" The manor’s servants responded, herding the mules away.

Elder Lv also returned to the city.

The next day, he only got up leisurely after the Yang family arrived to hurry him, and took them to the manor to fetch the mules.

With payment settled, the mules were sent to the Yang Family charcoal workshop.

Yet, after just one night, six mules were unable to stand.